The following is a report by Ms.
Xinna, wife of the ethnic Mongolian
political prisoner Ms. Hada,
regarding her recent visit to the
Inner Mongolia Jail No.4 in Chifeng
City where her husband is serving
the 15th year of a 15 year jail
term:

This spring I visited Hada in prison.
His health condition is still very
poor. He looked very thin and pale.
However, mentally, he is in a much
better state because he knows his
jail term is ending soon. I asked
about his recent prison conditions.
He is confident and hopeful that he
can survive and get through this
extreme hardship. I told him that
many friends are concerned about his
situation.

Regarding his current situation, he
still has some unusual reactions to
the prison meals every time he eats.
Books are not allowed to be brought
in. Books I sent have never been
delivered to him. After my continual
requests, he is sporadically allowed
to read some newspapers that I
ordered for him. Occasionally he is
allowed to read selected editions of
“Southern Weekend” (nan fang zhou
mo). Thanks to some Mongolian
version of “Inner Mongolia Daily”,
Chinese version of “Can Kao Xiao Xi”
and “Southern Weekend”, he is not
completely unaware of what is
happening outside.

He told me that this spring two
officials from the Political-Legal
Department of Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region visited and talked
to him. On another occasion,
officials from the Political-Legal
Department of Chifeng City talked to
him, asking him about his plans
following release. These officials
were very polite and offered him
freedom to choose either leaving or
staying in the country. They stated
that if he chooses to stay, they can
help him and his son find jobs. Hada
did not accept their meaningless
“offer”. He said “This is
meaningless that they tell me this
after they put me through this
extreme unjust hardship for this
long”. This is actually a trick they
use to find out what Hada thinks
now.

Hada stated that he will pursue a
lawsuit against the unjust trial of
his case after his release since
this is indeed an ethnic issue but
has been deliberately distorted to
“separatism” and “espionage”. As a
result he was sentenced to a 15 year
jail term. This is unjust and we do
not accept this ruling. We as a
whole family hope to pursue this
after his release. 15 years in jail,
one of the harshest punishment, is
almost over. We are happy that he is
surviving this. I personally also
felt the injustice of the manner in
which this case was handled. People
around the world know that the Han
ethnic dissident Liu Xiaobo was
sentenced to 11 years in jail, but
not many know that the ethnic
Mongolian dissident Hada was
sentenced to 15 years in jail. This
testifies to the fact that the
Chinese Government policy on ethnic
issues is much harsher. If China
wants to be a democratic and free
country, its ethnic policy must be
changed. Hada’s case suggests this.

Recently, a book entitled “True
Story of Cultural Revolution in
Inner Mongolia” by a Beijing
intellectual appeared on book
markets on the streets of Huhhot. It
was published in Hong Kong but
pirate copied in Beijing and sold in
Huhhot. According to a private book
seller, it has been popular and
selling as many as 30-50 copies a
day. In a short period of time,
50,000 copies were sold. As a
result, the Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region Public Security
Bureau Department No.3 set up a
special task force to confiscate and
ban the book. Many Mongolians
complain that the Chinese are
relatively free to talk about the
Cultural Revolution. But the Mongols
are completely denied the right to
discuss anything about the same
issues. This is extremely unfair,
unjust and creates an abnormal
situation. Once it comes to the
issue of the Inner Mongolian
People’s Revolutionary Party,
policies and
treatments are totally different.
There are tons of books discussing
the Cultural Revolution, but if it
touches the issue of Mongolians,
things become serious.

On June 4, this year, the
authorities tightened their control
over us. Every day strange vehicles
appeared near our place. Recently my
phone has been experiencing a
strange problem. Phone calls have
difficulty coming in and going out.
They might be trying to prevent us
from answering any phone calls or
possible interviews.

Control over Mongols has been
tightening. For example, recently
Sodmongol, administrator of the
Mongol Yurt Association Website, was
arrested, and the Mongols have
reacted to it strongly. The only
place of freedom has now been denied
to us. Regarding Sodmongol’s current
situation, we have no further
information. My access to the
internet is very restricted and most
of the sites previously accessible
are no longer accessible.